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Cannot delete a folder with a '.' in the middle its name?

Cannot delete a folder with a '.' in the middle its name?

Charles R.5
Explorer | Level 4

When I use the API to delete a folder with:

 

https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/files/delete_v2

If the path to the folder is:

 

/somepath/mydomain.com

 

The folder will not delete. Interestingly, an empty json string is returned from the Dropbox API server.

 

I am going to call this a bug, because it states in the Dropbox API documentation that folders, that developers should avoid using a . (period) or a space at the end of a file or folder name, but not in the middle of a folder or file name.

 

 

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Charles R.5
Explorer | Level 4
Thanks Greg. The 'id' feature is useful.
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